[solved] "No boot signature in partition"

build · 2009-07-29 21:14:48

"No boot signature in partition" is the message i get when my computer boots.

I always had an ata disk it booted from, sda. the OS was on sdb. I got rid of the ata disk and wanted my pc to boot from the disc which contains the OS. So hdb became sda. I installed lilo to the mbr and lilo reported it to be succesful. The partition on which the os resides is flagged bootable.

This is in my lilo.conf:

boot=/dev/sda
default=arch
timeout=50
lba32
prompt
image=/boot/vmlinuz26
    label=arch
    root=/dev/sda1
    initrd=/boot/kernel26.img
    read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz26
    label=arch-fallback
    root=/dev/sda1
    initrd=/boot/kernel26-fallback.img
    read-only

btw: I installed lilo with "lilo -M /dev/sdb" while the ata-disk was still plugged in. I then removed the disk.

I dont know what to do. Anyone knows a solution?

Last edited by build (2009-07-31 21:04:59)

djszapi · 2009-07-30 19:46:00

Hello Build!

Is there any problem with grub/grub2 too ?

Did you read this wikipage first of all ?
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LILO

build · 2009-07-31 21:02:28

hello djszapi!

At first I had problems with grub too. But I always had used lilo, so after the diskswitch I decided to go back to lilo bc grub wasnt doing what i wanted it to do.

Eitherway, it is solved now. Grub did the trick and shone light on my darkest hour. Grub dissolved the dark enigma of boot signature problems and made them part of the past.

Thanks

Last edited by build (2009-07-31 21:03:24)

djszapi · 2009-07-31 21:03:45

Hello Build!

No problem, feel free to ask us, instead of spending more days with a relatively simple problem

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#1 2009-07-29 21:14:48

[solved] "No boot signature in partition"

#2 2009-07-30 19:46:00

Re: [solved] "No boot signature in partition"

#3 2009-07-31 21:02:28

Re: [solved] "No boot signature in partition"

#4 2009-07-31 21:03:45

Re: [solved] "No boot signature in partition"

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